Monday, September 5, 2016

Companeros 1 & 2

A masked tag team active in the north of Mexico in the
early 1980s, Los Companeros came into the ring tothe blaring tune f Ennio Morricone's Vamos A
Matar, Companeros, from the spaghetti western of the same name. They were
flashy, to be sure, but never made it beyond the smaller offices, though in
less important towns such as Benjamin Hill, Delicias, Carborca and the like on
the independent circuit, they were in the main events. They frequently feuded
with Golgotha & Bestia 666, usually ripping each other's masks and
bloodying each other in their encounters.The two evidently had no love for La Fiera, as the senior member of the
tag team approached him asking about bookings with the big league. Fiera
supposedly claimed he would help, but never did and when the high rolling
master heel was knifed to death, the Companeros offered little remorse. One of
them is on record saying "They (the killers) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtled
his ass. They stuck the shit out of him." While neither man dared go so
far as to say "Well done"in
regard to the hit, old and hostile feelings still lingered after
retirement.In wrestling,slights are seldom forgotten, even if broken
promisesare part of the game.